I wouldnt mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking.

Less is more only when more is too much.

When anyone becomes an authority, that is the end of him as far as development is concerned.

God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.

The room within is the great fact about the building.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.